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Cool County Fairs in Colorado

Rousing pro rodeos, extraordinary exhibits, handsome farm animals and steaming delights on a stick are staples at Colorado’s show-stopping summer fairs. Nearly 60 county fairs take place annually — here are just a few of our favorites.

July 1–30, 2018This 132-year-old bash boasts rodeos, livestock and horse shows, the second largest fiddle contest in Colorado, a Bacon Day with pig-calling and bacon-eating contests and a 5K run (so you don’t have to feel guilty about eating all of that bacon).

Aug. TBA, 2018Pagosa SpringsTaste entries in the homemade ice-cream contest, cheer on contestants in the blindfolded lawn-mower races — and if you’d really like to achieve Archuleta County Fair stardom, enter the pie-eating contest.

Aug. TBA, 2018LovelandHighlights include the Dog and Pony Show, Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls and Moo U, a guided livestock tour that offers cityfolk insight into the complexities of the livestock industry.

Aug. TBA, 2018Monte VistaThis southern Colorado delight serves up all of a fair’s usual subjects, including fetching farm critters, a truck-and-tractor pull and team-roping competitions. But the newest addition to the event is cow-pie bingo, where cows roam a giant bingo board and the square that receives the first cow pie (read: cow dropping) determines the game’s winner.